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Unity Valkyrie Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was an English socialite best known as a devotee of Adolf Hitler.<br/><br/>

Diana, Lady Mosley (17 June 1910 – 11 August 2003), born Diana Freeman-Mitford and usually known as Diana Mitford, married first to Bryan Walter Guinness, heir to the barony of Moyne, and secondly to Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists.<br/><br/>

Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), better known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist.
Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford (11 September 1917 – 22 July 1996) was an English author, journalist, civil rights activist and political campaigner, and was one of the Mitford sisters. She became an American citizen in 1944.
Tales of Old Japan (1871) is an anthology of short stories, compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford.<br/><br/>

These stories focus on the varying aspects of Japanese life in centuries past. The book, which was written in 1871, is still regarded as an excellent introduction to Japanese literature and culture, by virtue of its ease of access and supplemental notes by the writer. Also included are the author's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging from the harakiri and marriage to a selection of sermons.<br/><br/>

This book had a lasting influence on the Western perception of Japanese history, culture and society, particularly because of one widely known tale about samurai revenge, 'Forty-seven Ronin'.